Which college has the most players in the NBA?

Since it’s March Madness, why not see if teams’ success in the NCAA tournament translates to success in the NBA.

University

Players currently in the NBA

Avg Tourney Seed

Missed Tourneys

Championships

Kentucky

27

3.3

2

2012

Duke

22

2

0

2010, 2015

North Carolina

16

2.9

1

2009, 2017

UCLA

15

6.2

3

Kansas

15

1.5

0

Arizona

14

4.8

2

Syracuse

10

4.5

2

Texas

10

8

2

Florida

9

4.7

3

Indiana

8

5

6

UCONN

8

5.8

5

2011, 2014

Michigan

8

6.1

2

Average tournament seed and missed tournaments are since 2009 (so over the last 10 NCAA tournaments).

Of the top 10 teams, only UCONN and Indiana missed this year’s tournament (UCLA and Syracuse were both in the First Four, with UCLA losing to St. Bonaventure’s for the #11 seed in the East and Syracuse winning against Arizona State for the #11 seed in the Midwest).

Another interesting look is that despite the quantity of players from these top schools, only Texas (Kevin Durant in 2014) and UCLA (Russell Westbrook in 2017) have produced an NBA MVP recently. As a matter of fact, excluding Westbrook and Durant, a former player from any of these 12 schools has not won an MVP award since 1998 with Michael Jordan.